23 thoughts on “October 2015 Budget Roundup = $514,827.39 or an increase of +$33,213.18 or +6.9%”

LALsays:

Congratulations! Where is the childcare costs? What happens to baby bun when you work so much? Does daycare stay open that late? When are you done with the contract? How many hours did you have to work to earn that? Wowsa.

Childcare costs are $39 a day now. Baby Bun stays at the daycare and seems to enjoy it but when we’re at home, he sits on my lap and “helps” me. Daycares stay open until 6 p.m. I am done the contract at the end of this year!

You can also buy individual stocks for the dividends, or invest in industry index funds (energy, banking, oil & gas) rather than in general but if you want a steady but relatively safe growth for the next 18 years, country index fund purchasing is better than industry.

Maria F Pisanisays:

I’m very impressed with the income you can get, that’s brilliant! could I ask you, you earned $46,277.06, + 525.28 dividends, only spent $4591.75, I think your networth is even better, up by nearly 42KUSD:)

Erikasays:

I don’t really know if it is a wise thing to do or not, but I like to buy myself something special when I reach a networth milestone. Nothing too crazy, just something that has been on my splurge wish list for many years. When I reached $100,000 I bought myself my first and only pair of Louboutins. This year I’m almost at $150,000 in retirement and $200,000 networth. I’m not sure what my splurge will be yet.

Yay for hitting half a million!!! I hit that marker back in October of last year and I’m still not at $600,000 yet. Darn stock market! I’m finally getting close and should probably get there by the end of the year. Net worth milestones have almost always felt anti-climactic to me.